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1

What were the earliest practical steam engines developed to do?
A)remove water from coal mines
B)test theories of heat and energy
C)power railway locomotives
D)drive machinery in factories
2

Which person did NOT make a significant contribution to the design of the steam engine?
A)Thomas Savery
B)Thomas Newcomen
C)James Watt
D)James Joule
3

What is one common feature of all steam-powered engines?
A)using air pressure to move some part of the engine
B)burning fuel outside the cylinder or engine
C)using steam to push a piston back and forth
D)using steam to continuously turn a rotating turbine wheel
4

Why was James Watt's steam engine more efficient than earlier designs?
A)A piston moved inside a cylinder.
B)Valves controlled the movement of steam.
C)The cylinder and piston remained hot at all times.
D)Rotary motion was produced, rather than back-and-forth motion.
5

Which technology speeded up the development of the Industrial Revolution of the late 1700s?
A)Watt's steam engine
B)Charles Parson's steam turbine
C)the internal combustion engine
D)wind powered electric generators
6

What theoretical ideas about heat and energy were known when James Watt (and other pioneers of steam technology) was developing his inventions?
A)the same theories that we use today.
B)the same basic ideas we use today, but not the details we now know
C)ideas that are now considered incorrect
D)no theories of heat had been developed in James Watt's time
7

Which statement best describes the importance of steam engine technology over the past three centuries?
A)important in developing modern theories of heat, but not useful in a practical way
B)the main industrial power source from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution to the present day
C)unimportant at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, but very important now
D)a key factor in the Industrial Revolution but less important today
8

All of the following descriptions of modern steam engines are true. Three of the statements have the same meaning. Which description is NOT equivalent to the other three?
A)more efficient than early steam engines
B)better than earlier designs at converting chemical energy from fuel into kinetic energy
C)waste less energy than early steam engines
D)more powerful than earlier designs





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